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Daisy Cooper | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats | |
| Assumed office 13 September 2020 | |
| Leader | Ed Davey |
| Preceded by | Ed Davey |
| Member of Parliament for St Albans | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Main |
| Majority | 19,834 (38.4%) |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2020 | Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| 2020 | Justice |
| 2020–2021 | Education |
| 2021–2024 | Health, Wellbeing and Social Care |
| 2024–present | Treasury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1981[1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds[2] University of Nottingham[3] |
| Website | daisycooper |
Daisy Cooper (born 29 October 1981)[4] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, as well as the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson since 2024.[5]
Cooper was previously the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care from October 2021 to September 2024, spokesperson for Education from September 2020 to October 2021, and the spokesperson for Justice and for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from January 2020 to September 2020.
Daisy Cooper was born on 29 October 1981 in Bury St Edmunds.[6] She was educated at Halesworth Middle School, Bungay High School and Framlingham College in Suffolk,[7] before gaining a Bachelor of Laws honours degree from the University of Leeds and a Master of Laws degree in public international law from the University of Nottingham. She also has a foundation certificate in psychotherapy and counselling from Regent’s School of Psychotherapy & Psychology .[3]
Before becoming an MP, Cooper worked in Commonwealth affairs including at the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. She also worked for Voluntary Service Overseas,[2] for the Hacked Off campaign for victims of press abuse,[8] and for the cross-party group More United.[9] She also runs a local independent campaign group for rail users.[10]
She stood for president of the Liberal Democrats in 2014, coming second to Sal Brinton. During the campaign for the presidency, she declared her support for the group "Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats".[11]
Cooper stood in the 2015 Lewes District Council election held on the same day; she was elected to represent the Lewes Bridge ward. Cooper stepped down as a councillor in 2016.[12]
Cooper was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Suffolk Coastal at the 2010 general election, where she came second with 29.8% of the vote behind the Conservative candidate Thérèse Coffey.[13]
At the 2015 general election, Cooper stood in Mid Sussex, coming fourth with 11.5% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Nicholas Soames, the Labour candidate, and the UKIP candidate.[14]
Cooper stood in St Albans at the 2017 general election, coming second with 32.4% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Anne Main.[15]
Cooper was elected to Parliament as MP for St Albans at the 2019 general election with 50.1% of the vote and a majority of 6,293.[16][17][18] The Guardian named Cooper as one of the ten new MPs from all political parties to "watch out for".[9]
In January 2020, it was announced Cooper had been appointed as the Liberal Democrats' justice, culture, media and sport spokesperson.[19] In June, she took part in George Floyd protests in Verulamium Park, St Albans, where she gave a speech about police brutality.[20]
In September 2020, Cooper was announced as the party's new deputy leader and education spokesperson.[21]
In May 2021, Cooper was a signatory to an open letter from Stylist magazine, alongside celebrities and other public figures, which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men’s violence against women and girls".[22]
Cooper was re-elected as MP for St Albans at the 2024 general election with an increased vote share of 56.6% and an increased majority of 19,834.[23] During the election period, Cooper had participated in the televised leaders debates.[24]
an interview to announce her election as deputy
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